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Boom!

It was as if thousands of thunderclaps exploded in Aiden’s mind at the same time.

The 10,000x Critical Hit System that had been bound to him all this time, the system that had helped him rise against all odds and saved him from danger again and again, was actually a law crystal formed from Yves’s Divine Emperor power!

At that moment, every mystery was finally solved.

Why he had been able to obtain the Transmutation Altar.

Why the Key of Destiny fit him so perfectly.

Why that door existed inside Kelsey’s body.

All of it had been arranged by a Divine Emperor Rank expert, who had used his own life to make one final gamble for the future of humanity.

"Haah..."

Aiden let out a breath of stale air, and divine light burst from his eyes.

"Yves, I accept your plan."

His voice was not loud, but it carried the unquestionable confidence and authority of a Lesser God.

Buzz-

As if it had sensed Aiden’s answer, the entire golden sea of stars suddenly shook violently.

A relieved smile appeared on Yves’s phantom, and his body began to turn into golden dust.

But just as the phantom was about to disappear completely, a terrifying stream of information, a hundred times larger and a thousand times heavier than before, poured into Aiden’s Inner Spirit like a broken dam.

"Ugh!"

Aiden let out a muffled groan. His Inner Spirit was in terrible pain, as if it was about to burst from the force of the information.

This third message was far denser and far more terrifying than the first two.

Among countless chaotic and twisted images filled with an ancient, desolate aura, Yves’s almost hoarse voice exploded beside Aiden’s ears with a seriousness he had never heard before.

"Aiden, remember what I am about to tell you. This concerns the true life and death of Earth."

"The world sees the Heavenly Demons as mortal enemies and wants nothing more than to wipe them out."

"But... the Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demons were never Earth’s enemies."

"They come from the same source as the Lord of the Primordial. They are all the purest primordial strength born at the beginning of Earth."

"The reason they went mad is because... there was a serious problem with the way the seal was made back then..."

Inside the sea of consciousness, the golden flood turned into countless stars, lighting Yves’s almost shattered phantom in a deep red glow.

Aiden endured the sharp pain deep within his Inner Spirit and stared at the figure who had crossed a thousand years to reach him.

"The Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demons were originally part of Earth."

Yves’s voice was hoarse and heavy. Every word fell like an ancient divine mountain, raising huge waves in the golden sea of stars.

"Pride, Envy, Wrath, Greed, Sloth, Gluttony, and Lust."

"People believe these are the evil roots of the Abyss Demons, the source of all madness and darkness."

"But they do not know the truth. These are actually the seven purest primordial laws from the birth of Earth!"

"They are the extreme personifications of the laws of the universe. They are the most basic foundations of this world."

Aiden’s Inner Spirit trembled slightly, and shock flashed through his eyes.

The Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demons were not invaders from another world.

They were actually Earth’s own primordial Strength?

"In ancient times, human civilization once lived in peace with the Seven Pillars. Humans borrowed their Strength and created a glory beyond imagination."

Yves gave a self-mocking sigh. Unsteady light flickered in his illusory eyes.

"Until that day, when those ancient madmen who called themselves gods tried to fully control the laws of the Seven Pillars through a forbidden experiment."

"The experiment went out of control. The laws ran wild. The Seven Pillars changed from neutral gods into tyrants who wanted to destroy everything."

"In that war, the ancient civilization vanished like smoke. The entire Earth was almost turned into a dead land."

"Back then, I rebuilt the Golden Great Wall and used all my power to seal them inside the Abyss."

"But a seal was never a true solution. It only slowed the clock of destruction by a thousand years."

The golden light in the void began to fade. Yves’s body was now almost transparent.

His gaze pierced through the fog of time and space and fixed firmly on Aiden, filled with an almost burning hope.

"After the last Great Destruction ended, when my life was close to its end, I used the Key of Destiny to look into the future path of Earth’s laws."

"Among countless dead ends that led to total ruin, I saw one single chance of survival."

"When the next Great Destruction arrives, one person will stand at the crossroads of fate."

"He will face a choice-continue to survive by relying on seals, or completely solve this disease that has plagued the world for ten thousand years."

"I could not be sure who that person would be, and I could not live long enough to see that day."

"So I left the Critical Hit System, the Transmutation Altar, the Key of Destiny, and all of my legacy to that person."

"Aiden, do not follow my old path."

"Seals cannot save Earth."

"Go and truly deal with the Heavenly Demons. Go and listen to... the voice of the Lord of the Primordial."

Boom!

With that final roar, Yves’s phantom shattered completely. It turned into countless streams of golden light and rushed into Aiden’s Inner Spirit.

The ancient and mysterious golden door slowly closed with a deep rumble.

Aiden’s whole body shook, and his eyes snapped open.

For a brief moment, two golden beams of divine law flashed in his eyes. A terrifying godly pressure spread through the void, tearing open countless tiny cracks in space.

Inside the hall, everything was the same as before.

It was silent and still.

Only a few minutes had passed in the outside world.

But in those few short minutes, Aiden felt as if he had lived through a disaster that lasted ten thousand years. His mind was now filled with the rise, fall, and hidden secrets of the ancient civilization.

"Aiden..."

A timid voice called out to him.

Kelsey was looking up at him, her small face full of worry.

"You look so pale, and you’re covered in cold sweat..."

"What was inside that door?"

Aiden looked at the girl in front of him.

She had suffered from a strange illness, yet Yves had used her as a "key" in a plan that lasted a thousand years.

Aiden sighed softly in his heart.

He reached out and gently rubbed Kelsey’s head. The warmth from his palm brought him back to reality.

"It was nothing. I just saw some boring stories from a very long time ago."

Aiden’s voice was calm and steady, with no emotion in it.

"Kelsey, the seal inside your body is completely stable now. From now on, you won’t have those terrible nightmares anymore."

Kelsey blinked, only half understanding, then gave a well-behaved "Oh."

Aiden turned around. His figure swayed slightly, then vanished from the hall.

The next moment, he appeared at the top of the Tower of Laws, where fierce winds howled around him.

Aiden sat cross-legged on a huge stone statue, letting the cold, cutting wind blow against his white clothes.

His gaze passed through the layers of clouds and looked toward the golden curtain of light stretching across the world in the distance.

That was the front line where humans fought the Heavenly Demons.

Every day, countless Reclassers shed their blood there.

"The Seven Pillars of the Heavenly Demons... are not the enemy..."

Aiden gave a self-mocking smile. A cold curve formed at the corner of his mouth.

The truth was so ironic.

And so heavy.

If the powerful people of Earth learned that the Heavenly Demons, whom they had treated as mortal enemies for generations and fought with endless bloodshed, were actually part of Earth itself...

If they learned that their so-called "protection" was nothing more than a farce that only delayed the world’s self-destruction again and again...

Then the faith of the entire Human Federation would collapse in an instant.

And their will to resist would break apart just as quickly.

"Yves, you really left me with a huge problem."

Aiden murmured to himself. His hands, resting on his knees, slowly clenched.

He had no intention of telling this secret to anyone.

Not Empress Eira.

Not War God James.

Not even the companions who had followed him this far.

Some darkness was meant to be carried by him alone.

Some roads were meant to be walked by him alone, all the way into the dark.

"At least until I have the Strength to control everything, this secret must stay buried inside me."

Aiden took a deep breath.

The confusion in his eyes completely faded away. In its place was a cold, godlike calm and unshakable resolve.

He slowly closed his eyes and began to activate his Inner Spirit, rapidly absorbing the massive legacy Yves had left behind.

The wind grew even stronger.

And at that moment, Earth’s fate turned onto an unknown path that no one could see.

...

At the top of the Tower of Laws, the wind howled like blades and never stopped.

A dark golden divine light surrounded Aiden. Each strand of light was as heavy as a mountain, pressing down on the space around him and tearing open tiny black holes.

Deep inside his Inner Spirit, the law patterns of the 10,000x Critical Hit System were wildly merging with the huge legacy left by Yves. Terrifying visions appeared, as if countless stars were being born and destroyed.

Whoosh-

He slowly breathed out a mouthful of turbid air. The air turned into a solid golden arrow and instantly pierced through the void, causing a sharp explosion.

"Come in."

Aiden did not open his eyes, but his voice rang out like a great bell, echoing across the top of the tower.

The void trembled slightly.

A cold, moonlike light flashed, and Jade stepped out from the shadows.

This Mythic Rank genius of the Great Shaw Empire, the Divine-Eyed Swordsman, was now looking at Aiden with a grave expression. His eyes were filled with respect and awe.

"Alliance Leader, the Dawn Society has made a move."

Jade held his long sword in his arms. Sharp sword energy seemed to flicker in his eyes.

"Speak."

Aiden opened his eyes.

A flash of golden light appeared deep in them. The terrifying pressure of a lesser god made Jade’s breathing stop for a brief moment.

"The intelligence network of the Great Shaw Empire discovered a large Dawn Society base underground in an ancient ruined city in the western region."

"Its size and strength are far beyond any Dawn Society stronghold we have destroyed before. It is almost like a huge underground city."

Jade spoke in a low voice, his tone more serious than ever.